Trust Carbon Offset Program MH Parcel(s): Multiple Parcels
Action: Adopt the Best Interest Decision dated September 5, 2024, regarding the above referenced action as final, without modification. This decision document, combined with the Best Interest Decision dated September 5, 2024, constitutes the final decision on this matter, in accordance with 11 AAC 99.040.
Notice under 11 AAC 99.050. The Trust Land Office published the public notice of the decision to initiate a Carbon Offset Program on up to 63,000 acres of Trust land in the Chilkat Valley News, Daily Sitka Sentinel, Juneau Empire, Ketchikan Daily News, Petersburg Pilot, and Wrangell Sentinel; on the State of Alaska’s online public notice website; and distributed the notice to the City and Borough of Yakutat, the Haines Borough, the City and Borough of Juneau, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, the City of Ketchikan, the Petersburg Borough, the City and Borough of Sitka, the Municipality of Skagway Borough, the City and Borough of Wrangell, the Sealaska Corporation, the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, and other interested public and private parties on, or before, September 12, 2024.
Summary of Comments: No public or agency comments were received.
Trust Authority Consultation: The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority was consulted on this matter on May 22, 2024.
Modifications: As no comments were received suggesting that the Best Interest Decision dated September 5, 2024, should be substantively modified in any way to better serve the interest of the Trust and its beneficiaries, the Executive Director has determined that no change shall be made to that document.
Final Decision of the Executive Director: Considering all the above, the Executive Director of the Trust Land Office hereby adopts the Best Interest Decision dated September 5, 2024, as final.
Reconsideration: Persons who submitted timely written comments during the notice period that ended October 14, 2024, are eligible to request reconsideration of this final best interest decision under 11 AAC 99.060(b) within 20 calendar days after publication of the notice or receipt of the final decision, whichever is earlier. A request for reconsideration must be submitted in writing to the Executive Director. This request must be accompanied by the fee established by the Executive Director under 11 AAC 99.130, which has been set at $500, to be eligible for reconsideration. Before filing an appeal to the Superior Court under AS 44.62.560, a person must be eligible to request and must actually request reconsideration within the time specified above.
The Executive Director shall order or deny reconsideration within 20 calendar days after receiving the written request for reconsideration. If the Executive Director takes no action during the 20-day period following the request, the request is considered denied. Denial of a request for reconsideration is the final administrative decision for purposes of appeal to the superior court under AS 44.62.560.
To see the full Best Interest Decision Affirmed please click the link below:
https://alaskamentalhealthtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BIDA-Carbon-Offset-Program.pdf